Flanged pipe and method of producing



Dec. 29 T925- w. D. MOORE ET AL FLANGED PIPE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING Fild Jan. 50, 1925 3 m T T M N 0 a E E o W 5 II. ,A 5 Z fl 08 m2 Patented Dec. 29,1925.

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. srenons 'ro AmEnIcAN CAST mon rrrn COMPAN or BIRMINGHAM, ALABAM A CORPORATION 01' GEOI BGIA.

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Application m January :0, 1925.. Serial m). 5,791.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, WILLIAM D. Moose and DOUGLAS BnA'rrr, citizens of the United States, and'residents of Birmingham, in the county of Jefferson and Stateof-Alahzuna, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flanged Pipes and Methods of Producing, of which the follow-.

ing is a specification.

This invention is an improvement 1n producing, and

' plain end pipe to flanged'xp'ipc.

I to which such pipe is ordinari In .the cast-iron often ,redeived for not in the stock,

There may be however, anamplestock and in length a multiple Or there may be pipe of thedimensions re quired, but without flan es.

In either case, a simp e method of adding flanges to suitable lengths of plaln pipe would permit filling of such orders prompt.- ly and at a profit. Flanges of the size required might be cast at the time with but little trouble, or flanges suitable for pipe of various dimensions might be kept 'in stock.

An object of the provision of such of which, plain pipe of. any selected size may be'quickly converted intoflanged pipe."

Another object is the provision of a method of assembling-separately cast pipe lengths and flanges, into unita fla nged lengths,

' y subjected. Another object is the'provision of a method to connect the lengths and flanges through the intermediary of a 'jointin member, forming a true union with both pipe and flange.

Another. object is the provision of a method wherein through selected variations in the temperature ranges of the several ele' ments entering into the joint, a shrink fit is obtained between ,eaeh element and that which it eneircles. v I With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the 'severalsteps and nection completed.

pipe industry, orders are anged pipe, of a length, and for a quantity too small to warrant a special casting.

.in stock, plain pipe t e assembled in the manner shown in the drawpresent invention is the. a method, by the practice capable of withstandin 't e stresses the order'of the step's v as fully described changes within the scope of the claims may be resorted to'without departing from the spirit of the invention. .In the drawings: 1

Fig. l is a vertical section'throug-h a pipe length and flange assembled for connection. ig. 2 is a simian-view showing the con- In carrying out the present method,

tary arrangement, the flanges being permanently connected to the lengths.

When for instance anp-order. is received at a foundry for flanged ip'e of a length not desired length is ings, wherein llindicatesthe pipe,'and 2 the Prior to assembling, the two elements are heated to .a degree such that no chilling of the molten metal, which is to form a bond between the elements, ma

I occur, and prefemhly the flange is'heate peraturethan' the pipe present? set forth. a

The angeandpi e should be co-axial, in order that the bond i an equal thickness throughout, and for convenience in placing the bonding material, the pipe should be vertical, at the lower end thereof.

A convenient method for a purpose to of supporting the to a higher tem-' with the flange.

p p lengths and flanges of suitable and corre- "spo'ndin" dimensions are assembled in uning material may have I I parts in a desired position-as shown in the drawings, wherein the. pipe is seated on a plate'3 of refractory material, the plate hav-' ing an annular groove 4 with a circular boss 5' 1n the center, corresponding in diameter to the internal diameter of the pipe, and the pipe is seated about the boss, with the boss extending within the lower end of the pipe. I The eripheral wall' of the Va 4 is a circle, 'aving its center at t e center of the boss, and havin a diameter corresponding to the overall ameter of the flange, so

that the flange will just seat within the so seated, with the pipe engaging and the groove. When the elements are peripheral edge of the flange abuttin the peripheral wall of the groove, the sai elenal opening of the flange.

- of the joint upon that whlch f for instance bronze, brass, copper, suitable -meta1 having a suitable The bonding agent indicated at 8, and which may be of any suitable metal having a lower fusing point than that of the material composing pipe and flange is poured into the basin, which directs the molten metal into the annular space 6. The pouring is continued until the space is filled as shown, and the parts are permitted to cool. The bottom of the roove 4 limits the downward movement of the agent, and when the parts cool, there is a true bond between pipe, bonding material and flange.

As previously stated, the elements 1 and 2 of the joint are heated to a temperature short of fusing, but high enough such that no chilling of the bonding agent occurs. A suitable temperature for the metal of which such pipe and flanges are usually formed is, for the pipe from 900 degrees F. to 1200 degrees F., and for the flange from 1200 degrees F. to1500 degrees F. I

It will be understood however, that the temperature ranges depend upon conditions,

as for instance the character of the metal from which the pipes and flanges are made. However, the temperature of the flange is raised to a higher degree pipe for a particular purpose. That is, to insure a. shrink fit of each part or element the flange memdegree than the formed a true When cooling takes place, her contracts to a greater pipe member and there is thus 7 bond between all the elements ofthe joint.

be used, as or any fusing The heating of the pipe and flange of the bonding manarrow dimensions,

Any suitable bonding agent may oint. facilitates the.v runnm terial into spaces 0 resting upon the upper face p shrunk upon the other.

than that of theit encircles;

- consists in heating the flange and pipe to a temperature approximately that of the fused metal, and .with the temperature of the flange higher than that of the pipe lengths rio'r to the insertion of the fused metal, whereby the parts will be shrunk upon each other.

2. The method of connecting concentric members of relative size such that one fits within the other, with the members normally outof contact, which consists in heating the. members to selected temperature, arranging the members co-axially, and inserting a fused bonding material between the adjacent faces thereof, whereby when the members cool, each will be shrunk upon the other.

3. The method of connecting concentric members of relative size such that one fits within the other, with the members normalof the inner member, arranging the members co-axially, and insertin a fused bondin material between the ad acent faces thereo whereby when the members cool, each will be 4. The method of attaching flanges to pipe lengths with a fusible bond, which comprises centerin a pipe length heated to a temperature 0 about 900 to 1200 degrees F, with a flange having an internal diameter slightly greater than the external diameter ,of the pipe, and heated to a temperature of about 1200 to 1500 degrees F, and pouring between the pipe and flange a molten bonding metal having a fusing point lower than that of the pipe.

' 5. As an article of manufacture, a shrunk 'flt assemblage of ,co-axial annularmembers connected by an interposed bonding layer with a relatively low fusing point fused to both members. j

Signed at Birmingham in the county of Jefferson and State of Alabama this 6th day of January A. D. 1925. 

